Russia and Ukraine Battling for Historical Truth
... power, he requires legitimacy, that is, a voluntary subordination and recognition of powers based on a universal understanding of social reality. The best explanation of the mechanism has been provided by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman, who defined legitimization as a process of forming the knowledge of the social and political system [3] . The system is created through secondary and university education, which gives rise to fierce battles over the content of history textbooks because the knowledge imbedded in the minds of young people shapes their commitment to the established institutions and rules. Protests against the legitimacy of the ruler never come out of blue and are preceded by changes in the education ...